A Broad Abroad

Agua Azul, Chiapas, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

Agua Azul was one of the many amazing places i visited in Chiapas. when one first arrives there the strand of tourist stands and restaurants can be a bit of a let-down, but after climbing to the top for the view, head downtream near where the buses park and you can swim in solitude and jump down from one pool to the next. like these boys!! absolutely amazing!  i did it as a day-trip from palenque

En Tenejapa op.JPG, originally uploaded by Enrique Escalona.

A picture taken by Enrique Escalona. Follow the pic’s link to his other great photos of MX. It was too tricky for me to get a pic of the majordomos (religious, ceremonial leaders) but Enrique took this wonderful pic and i’ve asked him if i could share it. Gracias y salut!

The decent from san cristobal to the palenque area is beautiful.  Chiapas continued to enchant me.  One can see a change of style in the woman’s dress – still square necked tops and belted skirts, but the skirts are of ... [Continue reading this entry]

san cristobal, originally uploaded by peggydaly. view from my hotel. goodbye for now, san cristobal!!!

So I had my loungy-day in san cristobal and found a $20, all-day tour of the gruta de san cristobal (big cave!), las cascadas de chiflon and lagunas de Montebello. These are south and southeast of san cristobal and ... [Continue reading this entry]

San Juan Chamula, originally uploaded by peggydaly. During the procession from the church to the cemetery up the hill, where new crosses were placed on graves and soda pops were given to the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Chiapas’s grand canyon.  It’s outside of Chiapa do Corzo, on the way to Tuxla and driving there one realizes just how high San Cristobal is when coming down out of the mountains.  It’s also plenty warmer in the valley, where ... [Continue reading this entry]

Ok – probably bad Spanish but I have a moment to reflect on the bullfight and i wanted a rhyme.  As I indicated in an earlier post I wondered if it was best to go.  While I understand that life ... [Continue reading this entry]

Chiapas, originally uploaded by peggydaly. Tortilla-making

In the morning I hopped the collectivo (80 cents) to San Juan Chamula for their Sunday market.  Armed with a little information after the tour I wanted to look around more and try to get some pics on-the-sly with my ... [Continue reading this entry]